Account-statement form



Oct. 6,1925 1,556,354

J. H. ROGERS ACCOUNT STATEMENT FORK Filed Jan. 16; 1925 -2 Sheets Sheet 1 NAME OF FIRM A NAME OF FIRM MONTHLY STATEMENT ran MONTHLY STATEMENT FOR RED MONTH Now ova DUE. JAN FEB. HARCH/ APRII/ MAY JUNE FEB. MARCH -AFR|I. IAY/ JUNE! JULY AUG. 1 fiEPT. OCT. NOV DEC. JULY AUG. SEPT OCT. NOV DEC BALANCEAHOUNTRENIIERE]! 5 CREmT BALANcE ArmunrRzNnEREu CHARGES CREDIT Pay. 3. I M Fag. 4.

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AIIORNEY WITNESS:

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ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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To all whom Ma ta 0mm Be it 7 known} that I, aims Rooms, a citizen of *the United 'S'tat'es, residingat Quincy, in the county of Norfolk and'State of, Massachusetts, have invented' -new and useful Improvements in Account-Statement Forms, of which thefollowing is a specification.'.* .7

, The obj ect' ofthe invention is to 'provide'a simple bill head or account "statement farm such asmay be used by merchants which is so arranged as to' call 'immediate; and impressive attention to any='overdue accountor to any ioverdue portion "of anac'ce nt. of1the customer with the f dealer or merchantpasj an assistance to the merchant in making prompt collections of account rramjhistusmmers, and also-as almeanso f reminding aflc'areless or thoughtless or otherwise delinquent customer in" such a way as to *promptearly Settlement, without causing offense, and to- 't'his endthe invention consists 1n a device of which a preferred form is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein;

Figurel represents a bill head or account form having a plurality of spaces consecutively designated to represent calendar periods such as month periods.

Figures 2 to 6 inclusive represent account or statement forms in which different account spaces are distinguishably designated by color to represent overdue accounts.

Figures 7 to 12 inclusive represent account or statement forms in which two series of the calendar spaces are distinguishably designated as bycolor to indicate overdue accounts.

The form consists essentially of a sheet which has the usual heading of the firm 'or house using the same, and a body portion or space 10 for receiving an itemized account such as indicated in Figure 1, while preferably arranged conspicuously across the sheet at an intermediate point above the space 10 for the itemized statement, is a series of spaces 11 which are consecutively designated by the names of the months from January to December inclusive According to the date of the statement which is being rendered by the dealer or merchant to his customer, the current month space 11 is designed to receive or to have written therein the amount of the current bill as shown by the sub-joined itemized statement, while if there is any balance left over from a previous monthfthe amount of" that balance shouldfbewritten in the month or calendar space corresponding with the previous month or'wjith' the month'jfrom' which the balance has been carried; This obviously willindicate at glance-to the customer that while the bill-por account for the cu rent month is in" accordance with the amount entered in the space [corresponding with'fthe date of the bill, thefdifierehce designated by the entry of the amount therein is carried forward'as a balance overdue from a previous month, and the statement will also indicate-"by the space inEwhi'ch this overdue amount; is entered, *ftli'e 'i p'revious" month or the month infarrears,-' ;from' which said amounthasbeen carried j In the' forms of the inyentioiiillustrated in Figure atot' inclusive, the "month space preceding that in "whiclr the account is rendered or the currentmonth as itinay prop erly be termed, is'disting'ui'sh'ably' designated wlth reference to the other month spaces, as by printing-it or coloring it red, so that the overdue amount entered thereon as indicated in said Figures 2 to 6 inclusive will show at a glance that there is an overdue amount from a previous month, or that there is an amount in arrears with reference to the current month, while the current month space which for example is white will show the total amount of the bill for the current month. However, as shown in Figures 7 to 12 inclusive the "table or series of spaces for the reception of 'thequot'as for.

the several months including thew-current] month, may have two or more distinguishably designatedas by being colored"'red, so that amounts carried forward from t\voconsecutive months in arrears may' be india fi cated thereon, to show to the customer not;

only the amount of his current bill the bill for the current month, but also the amount overdue from the preceding two, v

months which are in arrearsand therefor should receive immediate attention.

attracting attention of the customer to these overdue accounts, without necessitating any special mention thereof upon the part of the dealer or merchant.

Obviously in the use of these devices the merchant or dealer should be supplied with a full set which includes a form such as that indicated in Figure 1 in which the spaces are designated consecutively, but in which there is no special distinguishably designated calendar space, this form being used where there is no amount in arrears and the complete account is current; a series of 12 forms, of which only 5 are indicated in Figures 2 to 6 inclusive in which each month successively from January to December is distinguishably designated as by being printed in redor other readily noted color to distinguish it from the color of the other month or calendar spaces; and a further series of forms, of which there are twelve suchas indicated in Figures 7 to 12 inclusive in which two consecutive months are distinguishably designated in groups as for example January and February, February and March, March and April, and so on throughout the seriesand including December and January. In this way one of the forms will be adapted for the use of the merchant or dealer in sending out statements or accounts at the end of any or during any calendar month of the year and ill insure his having a plain or white space to receive the amount of the current bill or account and one or more distinguishably designated spaces representing preceding periods or months in which to indicate the amount of accounts overdue for one or more months.

What is claimed is:

1. A bill head or statement form having a plurality of spaces consecutively designated to represent calendar periods for the reception of summaries of. monthly accounts.

2. A bill head or statement form having.

a plurality of spaces consecutively designated to represent calendar periods for the reception of summaries of monthly accounts, some of said spaces being distinguishably designated to indicate periods in arrears of the current period.

3. A set of bill head or statement forms each having a plurality of spaces'consecutively designated to represent calendar periods, for the reception of summaries of monthly accounts, and'each of the sets having a plurality of consecutive spaces differently designated in a color distinguishable from the other spaces. 7

In testimony whereof I affiX signature. H .4 i.

JAMES HENRY ROGERS. 

